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PEOR.—1. A mountain E. of the Jordan to which Balak led Balaam (Num_23:28). It looked down upon the desert. The Onomasticon (s.v. ‘Fogor’) places it 7 miles from Heshbon, above Livias, one of the heights of the Nebo group. Conder suggests for it the peak above ’Ain el-Minyeh, about 5 miles W. of Ma‘în. Buhl (GAP [Note: AP Geographie des alten Paiastina.] ) thinks it may be et-Mushakkar, flanked by Wâdy Hesbân and Wâdy ’Ayûn Mûsa. 2. In Num_25:18; Num_31:16, Jos_22:17, Peor is the god Baal-Peor. 3. LXX [Note: Septuagint.] places a Peor (Phagor) in Judah not far from Bethlehem, which is evidently the modern Khirbel Faghûr, to the S. of the town.
W. Ewing.